Codex Amiatinus (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
John Francis Fenlon · 1913
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Description
Codex Amiatinus, the Latin Vulgate Bible's most celebrated manuscript, stands as the best witness to Saint Jerome's true text, now kept at Florence in the Laurentian Library. The immense tome measures 19 and a quarter inches by 13 and three-eighths and seven inches thick, impressive enough, Hort says, to fill the beholder with awe.
Its 1,029 leaves are strong, smooth vellum, fresh-looking today, arranged in quires of four sheets. Uncial characters, large, clear, and regular, run two columns to a page with 43 or 44 lines to a column. words are often separated by a little space, but the writing is continuous. There are no punctuation marks, but a stichometric arrangement into coda and commata guides the skilled reader into the sense. The scribe is believed to have modelled this manner on Cassiodorus's great Bible, though it may go back to Saint Jerome.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Francis Fenlon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |